Car-seat.



M. M. MURCHISON.

GAR SEAT. APPLIoATIoN FILED 00T. 1g, 1907.

Patented June 1, 1909.

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GAR SEAT. APPLIOATIN FILED TNT. 12, 1907.

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GAR SEAT. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 12, 1907,

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CAR-SEAT.

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Ee it knownthat I, MURDoo M. Moroni- 'son7 a citizen of the United States, residing i at Vl'linston Salem, in the county of Forsyth fio and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Oar-Seats, of which theffollowing is a specilication, reference being had to the acy like.r M'

rOne objectfof the invention is to provide a car or coach seatv having shiftableback, bottom and foot rest sections which may be readily operated to reverse the seat.

' a perspective view of one of the seats7 por-` Another object of the invention is to provide a seat of this character which will be simpley and practical in construction so that it will be strong and durable and may be Another object of theinvention is to provide means whereby all of the seats on one side of a car or .as many of them as may be desirable, may be simultaneously reversed.

n n yWwlthitheabove and other objects in view,

the invention consists of the novel features of construction and the combination vand arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accoinA panying drawings, in which- Figure :1 is a vertical cross sectional view through a `series of my improved reversible rcar seats yand the improved means for simulf 'taneously reversing tlienn'the partsbeing shown in'one position infull lines and in a reversed "position in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is tions of the same being broken away and in section to more clearlyk illustrate the construction; y, Fig.y 3 isa vertical longitudinal section through oneof the seats; Fig. l is a" perspective view ofthehanger; Fig.y 5 is a similar vview rof the seat bottom looking at the under k,faceof thesaine; Fig. 6 is a perspectiveviewfofr the'double, foot rest; Fig. 7 is a similar view of onefof the guides and supports 'forthe lower'lportion of the seat back; vand Fig`s. l8 and 9 aredetail views of the device for operatingy and locking the reversing bar. f

My improved seats are adapted to be ary. `ranged along eachside ofa car oi coach and f each' comprises ayfsuitable frame 1, here shown as consisting offour u right posts or legs 'connectedby longitu inal or side Specication of Letters Patent.

i Application led October 12, 1907. Serial No. 397,181.

Patented June 1, 1909.

bars 3 and lower and upper end or cross bars l, 5, the upper bars 5 forming hand rails; but it will be understood that this supporting frame may be of any other suitable forni `and construction and made of wood or metal.

Arranged within the seat frame is a shiftable seat bottom 6 which may be of any suitable jform and construction. Said seat bottoni is mounted so as to have a limited transverse sliding and tilting movement in the frame and the same is preferably accomplished by providing upon the under face of said seat adjacent to its ends transversely extending strips or cleats 7 which are adapted to enter and slide in guides 8 in the forni of notches or seats provided at opposite points in the side bars 3. The guide strips 7 have their ends beveled or inclined as at 9 to engage the inclined or beveled bottom faces 10 of the notches or seats 8 so that as the seat bottom is shifted transversely or in a forward and rearward direction the seat bottom will assume a slightly tilted or inclined position as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The shifting movement of the seat bottom is preferably limited by providing upon y said strips 7 projections or enlargements 11 which. form stop shoulders and engage the inner faces of the side bars 3.

Each of the seats is also provided with a shiftable or reversible seat back 12 which may be of any suitable form and construe tion and which is p-ivotally hung in a hanger 13. This hanger is preferably of substantially U-shape, consisting of upright hanger arms 14: united at their lower ends by a cross portion or connecting bar 15 and having intermediate their ends laterally offset portions 16. The hanger 13 is mounted in the seat frame for swinging or locking movement in a forward and rearward direction and it is'hung upon pivots 17 arranged centrallyinthe lower cross bars 4: of the frame 'and in the lower portions of the arms 14 of the hanger, so that the cross bar 15 is arranged in the lower portion of the seat frame while the offset portions 16 of the arms 1li are adapted to swing in the upper portion of the same between the uprights 2. The seat back 12 is hung between the upper free ends of the arms 14 upon pivots 18 which are arranged in said arms and upon the opposite sides of the seat back at points nearer to the upper edge of the latter so that said seat back is overbalanced and will tend to assume a vertical position whenever itis viding'adjace'nt tothe lower corners of ther seat back outwardly projecting pins or studs 19 which are adapted to engage guides 2O in the form of plates arranged between the postsl 2at each end of the seat andsecured totheir inner faces as shown. The pins 19 are adapted to rest and slide upon the guide plates 20'andtoenter'recesses or seats 21 formed in said plates adjacent" to their ends. The seats 21 have abrupt outer sides or shoulders 22 and their inner-sides are curved outwardly and inwardly so as t'o direct t-he pins 19s into said seats as will be readily understood. From the'foregoing it will be seen that wheny the hanger is shifted from one side of the seat frame to the other it will carry the back 12iwith it to reverse the position of the latter, and in said movement of the hanger the arms 14 will elevate the seat back to lift the pins 1'9`out of the keeper seats 21 at one side of the seat frame and then lower said back to drop said pins into the corresponding seats at the other side of the frame. The arms 14 are formed with the odset portions I6 for the double purpose of rendering the device more compact and providing stop shoulders 24 which engage the posts 2 or suitable stop recesses or notchesy25 formed therein as clearly shown in the drawings.

In the inner faces of the posts 2 are formed transverse grooves or channels 26 through which the pins 19 may be passed, when the hanger 13 is in a vertical position, so that said pins may be supported upon the top' of the arms 5 to hold the seat back 12 in a` substantially horizontal position. This construction permits of ready access to the pins 19 should they become loose or broken and also enables the conductor to allow a sick passenger to lie down upon two adjacent seats.

In order to shift the seat bottom 6 simultaneouslywith the seat back I may provide any suitable operating connections between the hanger and said seat bottom, but I preferably provide the device shown which consists of two spaced depending lfingers 27 arranged upon the under face of the seat bottom and adapted to straddle the cross portion or bar 15 of the hanger. As shown the fingers 27 are formed by bifurcating one end of a metal 'plate 2S which is secured upon the seat bottom by screws or similar fastenings passed through apertured attaching feet 29 vfornied integral with said plate. Ttvo of the plates 28 are provided upon the seat 'and they areA arranged adjacent to its ends at points 'midway its side edges. This construction will cause the seat to be automatically shifted when the back is reversed as indicated in full and dotted lines in Fig. 1.

l30 which is adapted to be automatically operated at the same time the back of the seat is shifted. The foot rest 30 is double and in the form of a frame consisting of two transverse bars 31 connected by longitudinalbars 32, which latter are adapted to support the feet. rllhe frame 30 is loosely hung'f'orswinging or tilting movementy upon tliecross bar 15 of the hanger 13, preferably by forming in the center of the lower edges of the cross bars 31 notches or seats 33 adapted to receive the bar 15. By hanging the frame or foot rest 30 in this manner it will be seen that it will be shifted: automatically when the seat bottom and seat back are shifted and that when the hanger is in either of its normally inclined positions, said foot rest will also assume an inclined position so that one of the bars 32 is lowered to an operative position beneath the seat back 12 and the other of said bars 32 is elevated and in contact with the bottom of one of the side bars 3 of t-he frame as clearly illustrated in the drawings. The bars 32 are beveled or so shaped that they will not be seen at the front of the seat frame when they are elevated in contact with the front side bar 3 of the latter. It will be noted that by constructing and hanging the double foot rest or support in this manner, it will assume a. horizontal and partially elevated position when the hanger 13 is in its vertical intermediate position so that the floor of the car beneath the seat frame may be more readily swept and cleaned.

In order to permit all or a plurality of seats upon one side of the car to be simultaneously reversed I operatively connect their hangers 13 to an operating or reversing bar 34 arranged for horizontal sliding movement in suitable guides 35 in the uprights 2 at one end of the seats or upon the side of the car. The operative connection between the bar 34 and each of the hangers is preferably in the form of a slot and pin connection and consists of a screw stud 37 arranged in a threaded aperture in the bar 34 and adapted to project into and slide in a longitudinal slot 38 formed in the offset portion 1G of one of the hanger arms 14. The operating bar 34 is formed at one of its ends, which end is at one end of the car with a rack 39 adapted to mesh with a pinion arranged on a shaft 41 suitably joui'- naled upon the side of the car and provided upon its outer end with a polygonal shaped portion 42 adapted to receive a similar shaped socket on one end of a removable crank handle 43. It will be seen that by .rotating the crank 43 the bar 34 may be slid longitudinally to actiiate the hangers 13 and simultaneously yreverse the seats.

I may rprovide any suitable means for holding the operating bar 3&1 against movement foizthepurpose of looking the seats in their ad] usted positions7 but I preferably employ the one illustrated;which consists in the car frame.

forming inthe pinion or gear 4:0 an annular series of recesses or openings 44 anyone of which is adapted to receive a locking dog t5 which ispivoted at 46 in a bi'acket a7 upon The free end of the dog l5 has a projection to enter one of the recesses or seats est and its pivoted end is formed with fiat faces 48 adapted to be engaged by a spring '419 which is fixed in the bracket L17 and adaptedto hold the dog in either a lowered operative position as shoivn in full lines in Fig. 9 or in an elevated inoperative position shown in dotted lines in said figure.

rlhe construction, voperation and advan- 1 tages of my improved car or coach seat will be readily understood rfrom the foregoing detail description takenin connection With the accompanying draivings and the folloiving brief statement. When it is desired to reverse the seats, that is to move them from `the full line to the dotted line position shoivn inli1 ig. 1,the locking dog a5 is disengaged from the gear or pinion and thrown up to an elevated position in Which it ivill be held bythe spring ett). rlhe crank 43 is then rotatedin the proper direction to move the reversing or operatingbar 34- longitudinally and f'thereby simultaneously siving the hangers or operating members of the seats from one side to the other of the latter. As

ksaid hanger or member 13 of each seat is downwardly upon thevk other side of the seat7V whereupon the pinsglQldrop into the other notches 21andythe continued movement of the arms 14k causes thefseat back to assume its inclined position; j As the hanger 18 swings upon its pivotg17 its loiverv portion or crossbar 15 will simultaneously actuate i the seat bottom' Gand ythe double foot rest 30 as abovedescribedand as clearly illustrated in 'Fig'. ,1 'ofthe dravvin ;s.y After the seats have'been reversed they are locked by swinging the dog afdoivnivardly into eiigageinentwith one of the yrecesses or openings @lain the gear 410. v, kBy providing a plurality 'of the recesses `L tll'it Will be seen that the bar 34 may be locked` at any desired point and hence the hangers 13 may be locked in a vertical position so that the foot rests 3G are elevated to a position that will enable the floor beneath the seats to be easily cleaned. rlhis locking device as Well as the connection of all of the seats for simultaneous operation serves to prevent one of the seats being reversed Without resing the others and hence prevents one piu. nger from occupying more than one seat. ly connecting` all of the seats on one side of the car for simultaneous operation it ivill be seen that they may be quickly and easily reversed and that it Will be impossible ri'fortliem to be roughly handled by the party ivho reverses them. It ivill be further noted that the construction of the seat is exceedingly simple and hence strong and durable and that the seats may be produced at a comparatively small cost.

lllhile 1 have shown and described the preferred en'ibodinient of my invention it will be understood that l do not limit myself to Ithe showing set forth since various changes in the form, proportion and minor.

details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what l claim is:

1. ln a car seat, the combination of a frame, a substantially U-shaped hanger having upright arms connected by a lower cross bar and pivoted adjacent to their lower ends to said frame, a reversible seat back connected to the upper portions of said arms, a seat bottoni upon said frame and a reversile or double foot rest loosely hung for vtilting movement from the cross bar of the U- shaped hanger7 said foot rest comprising longitudinally extending foot supporting bars connected by transverse end bars formed in their bottoni faces at their centers With recesses to loosely receive the cross bar of the U-shaped hanger, whereby when the hanger is shifted to reverse the seat back said foot iest Will be automatically reversed.

2. ln a car seat, the combination of a frame having corner posts united by longitudinal bars and transverse bars, a U-shaped hanger having upright arms pivoted intermediate their ends to the transverse bars and having their loiver ends connected by a cross bar, a seat back connected to the upper ends of said arms, a seat bot-tom, and a double foot rest hung for tilting movement on the cross bar of the U-shaped hanger and adapted to be limited in its swinging movenient by the longitudinal bars of the frame. 8. 1n a car seat, the combination of a frame having corner posts united by longitudinal and transverse bars, U -sliaped hangers having upright arms united at their lovver ends by a cross bar and having the lower portions of said arms pivoted to said I :ipaced fingers to receive the cross bar of the transverse bar,A` `guide plateeA connecting' the hunger between theni and a double foot rest corner posts und having adjacent to their l loosely hung from the cross bar of theends Seats and inolines leading to said seats, hanger for tilting' inoyenient. l un overbalunced seat haelt piyoted between In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix 1ny the upper portions of the arms ot the hunger, signature in the presence of two Witnesses. pins upon the lower corners of the seat beek MUPDOG M MURCHISON to engage Suid guide plates and inove over l k k said inclines and into and out of Said Seats, i".v a shiftuble Seat bottoni supported by the longitudinal bars of the frame and having YVitnesses z T. L. FENMER, J. H. Foo'rn: J r. 

